bor·der·line 
(bôrdər-līn′)
(bôrdər-līn′)n.
1. A line that establishes or marks a border.
2. An indefinite area intermediate between two qualities or conditions: The borderline between love and hate is often thin.
3. Informal A person with borderline personality disorder.
adj.
1.
a. Verging on a given quality or condition: borderline poverty.
b. Of a questionable nature or quality: an applicant with borderline qualifications.
2. Psychiatry Of, related to, or having borderline personality disorder.
- Indo-European root: kō-
- Indo-European root: laks-
- Indo-European root: las-
- Indo-European root: lau-
- Indo-European root: leb-
- Indo-European root: leg-
- Indo-European root: legh-
- Indo-European root: legwh-
- Indo-European root: lei-
- Indo-European root: leid-
- Indo-European root: leig-
- Indo-European root: leigh-
- Indo-European root: leikw-
- Indo-European root: leip-
- Indo-European root: leis-
- Indo-European root: leis-
- Indo-European root: leit-
- Indo-European root: lendh-
- Indo-European root: leu-
- Indo-European root: leubh-
- Indo-European root: leudh-
- Indo-European root: leugh-
- Indo-European root: leuk-
- Indo-European root: leu(ə)-
- Indo-European root: lē-